<<Anyway, so now you understand how a ship full of cement gives lots more concrete than a ship full>>
Always was easy peezy Maurice,cause it relates back to the wheel barrow mix,, multiply cement volume by about 4.. to get close to,total concrete volume... even my calculator can do it.
<<but that the cement and water hide in the interstices of the aggregate so contribute little to the volume of concrete.>>
Glad you are starting to understand that when mixed, it doesn't disappear by half.
<<That was the point of the discussion, not that you know how to mix some poor quality concrete.>>
Hrrumph my stiff mix is of finest quality.Because you humped around giant barrows of concrete in your youth obviously doesn't make you an expert of the mix ...wanting to slosh in a full pail of water to your formula was the clue.
<<BTW, it's a ball-peen hammer not a ball pine hammer.>>
How binary of you to take the bait.His ball pine hammer, was a ball hammer head and a pine handle, you can get them in hardware stores in Canada...ask bingdegoogle.What was the last thing that you peened?My last peening was a freshly welded , cast vice, on a hot stove and a slow cool to convince the molecules to shake hands with each other.
<<PS: Come to think of it, I am due to fill a hole I dug for a gate post a couple of weeks ago with concrete. I have the ingredients in the shed.>>
Make sure to read the instructions on the bag...twice..and easy with the water, and hope to hell it doesn't disappear by half.<g>
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